Terre Haute police officer gunned down

For those who would like to pay their respects to the officer, his family and police department, Officer Pitts will be moved from Regional Hospital to DeBaun Funeral Home at 1 p.m.

According to police, the suspect who killed a police officer in a shootout on Friday, barricaded himself in a house in IN, and then died from his wounds.

"We're unfortunately seeing this too often when people are engaging with law enforcement and we are losing our lives and other agencies have to work those cases for us", says Terre Haute Police Chief John Plasse.

After the shooting, police engaged in a standoff with the barricaded suspect, who has not been named, that lasted until just before 9:20 p.m. He offered the full resources of state police to the Terre Haute Police Department including a special tactics and weapons team, robots and helicopters.

A western IN police officer has been fatally shot, and officers have surrounded an apartment complex where they believe the suspect remains at large.

Upon finding the man, police did call for a medic. Police returned fire, said Joe watts (Joe Watts), officer of public relations of the police of the state of Indiana.

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Adamson said on Twitter, "We sincerely appreciate all the kind messages". "I would just ask that you keep our officer in your thoughts and prayers".

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department posted a tweet of an American flag with a blue line through it. The event will be held at the Vigo County Courthouse.

No additional information was immediately available on the male officer who was killed.

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"We were in four separate cars, and I watched my friend get killed", he said. Officer Brent D. Long was killed while serving an arrest warrant with a U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force.

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